from a press release DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin recently announced that Christopher Einecker, 23 (d.o.b. 04/28/1988) of 319 Arbor Avenue, West Chicago, has been sentenced to 26 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for injuring two men after he shot at their vehicle [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
October 20th, 2011 - 7:13 am § in Local Police Calls
September/October Police Calls
taken directly from Winfield Police Department records On September 13, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. an accident occurred at the intersection of Childs and East Street. The contributing causes were lack of driving skills and physical condition of the driver. On September 18, 2011, at 12:40 p.m. an accident occ[...]
August 31st, 2011 - 7:56 am § in Local Police Calls
August 2011 Police Calls
taken directly from Winfield Police Department records On August 1, 2011, at 9:26 a.m., an accident occurred at the intersection of Geneva and Winfield Roads. The contributing cause was following too closely. On August 6, 2011, at 3:40 p.m., an officer was on patrol in the area of Pleasant Hill and [...]
August 25th, 2011 - 6:22 am § in Local News, Local Police Calls
Suspicious Material Detonated Near Pedestrian Underpass
by Barry Dredze A suspicious item was detonated near the pedestrian underpass across the tracks from the Winfield Metra train station on Monday morning, August 15. The DuPage County Hazardous Devices Unit was brought to the scene, due to the unknown nature and contents of the suspicious article. The[...]
August 18th, 2011 - 8:12 am § in Local News
Gov. Quinn Signs New Green and Gun Acts Into Law
compiled from press releases Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed new state laws this month to help ensure stronger collaboration on sustainability issues between the state and colleges and universities and to help reduce gun violence in Illinois. House Bill 166 creates the Higher Education Green Jobs[...]
August 15th, 2011 - 7:29 am § in Local News, Local Police Calls
July/August 2011 Police Calls
taken directly from Winfield Police Department records On July 23, 2011, at 3:15 a.m., an officer was dispatched to the Hazel Crest Police Department to serve a warrant. The Hazel Crest Police Department had custody of a subject wanted on an original $25,000 warrant. The warrant was for violating an[...]
July 29th, 2011 - 8:00 am § in Local News, Local Police Calls
July 2011 Police Calls
taken directly from Winfield Police Department records On July 6, 2011 at 9:53 a.m. an officer responded to a criminal damage to property report at the Winfield Central School. Graffiti was sprayed on some of the playground equipment. On July 6, 2011, at 12:25 p.m., an accident occurred at the int[...]
July 26th, 2011 - 11:57 am § in Local News, Local Police Calls
Breaking News: Shell Burglar Arrested
from a Winfield Police Department press release On July 24th, 2011 at 11:25 p.m., the Winfield Police Department responded to a burglary in progress at the Shell gas station located at 0S151 Winfield Rd. A passer-by contacted 911 after seeing the glass front door of the station shattered. Upon arriv[...]
July 14th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Local Police Calls
June/July 2011 Police Calls
Taken directly from Winfield Police Department reports On June 16, 2011 at 7:50 A.M., an accident occurred at the intersection of Jewell and Winfield Roads. The contributing cause was failure to reduce speed to avoid crash. On June 16, 2011, at 8:59 P.M. an accident occurred at 0 N 025 Winfield Road[...]
July 5th, 2011 - 5:00 am § in Local News, Local Police Calls
Armed Man Arrested at Caliendo’s
by Griffin Hardy On Sunday, June 26th, a 22-year old man was arrested at Caliendo’s Restaurant & Bar and charged with unlawful use of a firearm. The incident began around midnight on June 26th. According to reports obtained from the Winfield Police Department, an officer on patrol observed[...]